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Former Transparent co-founder Pierre Becerril and two others have created Directo to drive direct bookings for hotels and accommodation providers and help travelers access better deals.
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Lighthouse acquires market data specialist HQ revenue
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June 20, 2024
Lighthouse (formerly OTA Insight) is making its fifth acquisition in recent years as it continues to roll up hotel data and distribution technology providers.
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OTA Insight expands capabilities through single platform, rebrands to Lighthouse
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November 9, 2023
Following acquisitions in 2022 and earlier this year the company felt it had outgrown the OTA Insight name. The unified platform offers wider business intelligence capabilities, including more...
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OTA Insight: Hotels could piggyback off rentals' demand data
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OTA Insight has delved into its data to find that hotel revenue managers can pick up early demand signals by looking at what’s happening in the rentals market.
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March 14, 2023
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